Results 1-20 of 24 for drugs speaker:Michael Moynihan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6641/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the process for women to obtain the medication cariban through the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6639/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 611. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons that a GP cannot prescribe cariban to their patients through the drugs payment scheme, given that many women do not see a consultant until after 12 weeks into pregnancy and suffer from extreme nausea and vomiting in this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6640/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Moynihan: ...ageing. On behalf of the committee I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Butler; Ms Siobhán McArdle, assistant secretary and head of social care, mental health and drugs policy, and Dr. Philip Dodd, mental health policy and clinical specialist in the mental health unit, of the Department of Health; and Mr. Niall Brunell, principal officer, disability...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility and Assistive Technology: Discussion (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: ...Education and Health. That issue is ongoing. I hope the move to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth will make a difference. The prescribing of antipsychotic drugs for people who do not need them was mentioned and we have significant challenges in that regard. We also spoke about the legal obligation on the State. What is needed from an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Moynihan: ...if a licence to prescribe medicinal cannabis can be issued for a person suffering from chronic pain; if the product can be accessed on prescription through a pharmacy and if it comes under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14537/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement process for the drug luxturna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 1075. To ask the Minister for Health the drug reimbursement decisions made by the HSE drugs group and executive management team, respectively in each of its meetings from January 2020, to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 869. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement process for the drug luxturna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16353/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 732. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Cariban, which is prescribed for patients with hyperemesis gravidarum, will be covered by the drugs payment scheme in view of the high cost of the medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 693. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the drug imfinzi for advanced lung cancer to become available for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34775/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Moynihan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if the policy discussions on drug gangs take place at the Cabinet committee on social policy and public services or the Cabinet committee on security. [50087/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Michael Moynihan: Tagrisso is a drug that has been put up for reimbursement and a lot of pressure has been put on in that regard. The recommendation was made through the various channels in July of this year that this be reimbursed. I know of a patient - a very ill person - waiting for this drug. Has anything happened since that recommendation was made in July by the body recommending that it be reimbursed?...

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)

Michael Moynihan: ...disability allowance, which take up so much of the time of Deputies' constituency offices. On the HSE, there have been various negotiations through 2019 regarding the availability of Tagrisso, a lung cancer drug. In August, there were indications that it was being blocked because there was no funding for it in the 2019 budget. It is unacceptable for people making decisions regarding...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Michael Moynihan: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I refer to an issue I raised before the summer regarding Tagrisso, a drug for lung cancer treatment, about which I have been engaging with the HSE over the last number of months. The HSE indicated to us after a meeting on 9 July that it would try to fund it at the latter end of this year. The HSE has now confirmed that there is no money there for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Moynihan: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received a request for funding from the HSE for the reimbursement of the drug Tagrisso for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGRF T790M mutative-positive NSCLC; when he expects funding to be made available for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38520/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (2 Jul 2019)

Michael Moynihan: 435. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on reimbursement for the drug osimertinib for treatment of advanced lung cancer; the steps being taken to expedite this assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27853/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Michael Moynihan: I ask about the approval of the drug Tagrisso for the treatment of advanced lung cancer. I believe the drug is going through the process of approval. I ask the Taoiseach to intervene to try to ensure it is approved. I know somebody who is very seriously ill and this drug would prolong their life. It is in the final stages of the approval process as I understand it. I ask the Taoiseach to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Moynihan: ...as many as 18%, or at least 10% to 15%, of people in our society are severely disadvantaged in where they are living because of family backgrounds and so forth. They suffer from social problems, drug addiction and everything else. They are living all over the country; they are dispersed and are not only located in the large urban centres. The major challenge as we go forward as a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Michael Moynihan: ...card given for the initial two or three months, at least, to allow them to start treatment. Earlier this week, a man who was beginning chemotherapy came to me. He had to pay out €600 for drugs, and he simply did not have the money. He was starting chemotherapy yesterday, on Tuesday. It is vitally important that a direction is given that when a letter goes in for a medical card...